But my dear friends only two Gitas are Widely read, commented one is Bhagwat Gita Which is also an Upanishad and Ashtavakra Gita..

This Ashtavakra Gita is also called as Ashtavakra Samhita. Tradition describe Ashtavakra Gita is credited to Sega Ashtavakra .Text contents dialogue between Ashtavakra and King Janak In the Vanaperva of Mahabharata this treatise is mentioned. Let us first understand about Ashtavakra‘s background..

He was born to Kohor and Sujata .Somewhere Kohar is pronounce as Kahoda.

Kohar was well versed in Vedas. While the child was in mother’s womb he used to hear the Vedas.

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One day suddenly the child from the mother’s womb said ‘Oh my father I learned all Vedas through your recitation. Your recitation of the mantras are faulty, Secondly, Scriptures alone shall not make you Enlightened. It may give you knowledge but that will not make you Enlighten

”The boy yet to be born is challenging me?’

This made Kohar annoyed & out of rage he cursed the unborn boy ‘You shall born with eight deformities in your body.’ He was born with eight bends, eight twist in body. He was crippled, hunchback like camel, deformed limbs, hence called Ashtavakra.

Another incidence took place prior to this Samhita or dialogue with King Janak. At the age of twelve, Ashtavakra went to Janaka’s court what happened in the court, one should be aware of; hence this incidence is quoted here.

There was debate going on Janaka’s court .On the matter of spirituality, all learned wise people were invited at the court. Ashtavakra a small boy only twelve year of age, was not known & not invited, still he entered the Janaka’s Court.

Looking at the entry of this boy with hunch back, eight bends in the body as if some fool, has entered in the meeting of wise gathering, the court started laughing at him. Even King Janaka could not resist, he too joined the mood of the people and stared laughing.

After some time laughing subsided. Now this Boy Ashtavakra started laughing loud. People thought this boy must be fool. King Janaka asked the twelve year boy that we were laughing at you, but what made you laugh.

The boy replied “I thought that this is the gathering of wise learned people and I entered your court, Janaka I am wrong, I entered wrong place, wrong time this is the gathering of Cobblers discussing outer appearance, they are concerned with Chamdi –Skin my outer appearance, what is within they cannot grasp, what is within me, behind this appearance. This made me laugh”

There was pin drop silence. Janaka understood his mistake and apologies him.